An important part of my artistic training consisted of studying and copying "old masters". In this way, you get a completely new awareness of the artworks and the working methods of the individual artists.
![Color study of the Lünette "Serubbabel-Abihud-Eljakim" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1997 • Oil on canvas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cac386c8c925aaf3a2d9af357da9a2f4/a9d21d94-1699-4357-87d4-f54d48315fa2_rw_1920.jpg?h=520d377aa4f6b2a8291727ad6cf08bcb)
Color study of the Lünette "Serubbabel-Abihud-Eljakim" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1997 • Oil on canvas
![Copy of Michelangelos "Study of the head of Leda" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1996 • Red pencil on paper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cac386c8c925aaf3a2d9af357da9a2f4/b14bca17-bedd-407e-812f-76dbb6f92276_rw_1920.jpg?h=7767da2d7625fe3aeb18b0efcac1e368)
Copy of Michelangelos "Study of the head of Leda" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1996 • Red pencil on paper
![Painted variation of Michelangelos "Study of the head of Leda" by Ralph Niemeyer • 2020 • digital painting](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cac386c8c925aaf3a2d9af357da9a2f4/a95962a2-bb9d-4c17-a6f9-3e28d4c40c10_rw_1920.jpg?h=f2c7079703f2c291c4693d4aa967d759)
Painted variation of Michelangelos "Study of the head of Leda" by Ralph Niemeyer • 2020 • digital painting
![Copy of Rafael's "Study of the Madonna d'Alba" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1996 • Red pencil on paper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cac386c8c925aaf3a2d9af357da9a2f4/e923ea3e-91be-4c70-937d-4a0785137764_rw_1920.jpg?h=9d82fe4ca0625f4f8d9554a0fba54a4b)
Copy of Rafael's "Study of the Madonna d'Alba" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1996 • Red pencil on paper
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Copy of Michelangelo's "Studies for the Libyan Sibyl" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1996 • Pencil on paper
![Copy of the "Libysche Sibylle" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1996 • unfinished • Acyl on canvas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cac386c8c925aaf3a2d9af357da9a2f4/01490cf2-9250-4f3a-9aa2-4de606fc6d9f_rw_1920.jpg?h=3ff30168c230c06d7191e4851e66ba2b)
Copy of the "Libysche Sibylle" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1996 • unfinished • Acyl on canvas
![Copy of Albrecht Dürer's "Portrait of the Artist's Mother at the Age of 63" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1997 • Pencil on paper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cac386c8c925aaf3a2d9af357da9a2f4/17b46f46-6e04-4cc6-9f9b-e201825cdfc7_rw_1200.jpg?h=e4e113799dacec97ca8d1d53503e32b7)
Copy of Albrecht Dürer's "Portrait of the Artist's Mother at the Age of 63" by Ralph Niemeyer • 1997 • Pencil on paper